Looking back from early 2026, the main battlefield of L1 competition is shifting. In the past, the race was about TPS, fees, and ecosystem hype. Now, institutions care far more about whether a chain can carry real capital flows—and whether, when things go wrong, the system has controllable boundaries like
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Both Spot Bitcoin ETF and Spot Ethereum ETF recorded inflows for the third consecutive day this week. The crypto market is recovering, and ETF inflows seem to be a reflection of the same. This development comes despite fewer chances for the US Federal Reserve to cut rates and a recent
The Belgian based technology company NGRAVE, known for being the only cold wallet solution in the world featuring EAL7-designed security, has completed a strategic restructuring. A group of long-term investors – including the Lydian Group, founded by the creators of Mangrove Capital – acquired the company’s core assets, with the
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has pushed back decisions on two high-profile crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs), by extending the review period for proposed rule changes of the Canary Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) and T. Rowe Price Active Crypto ETFs in two separate notices revealed today, with that, U.S. SEC, then
21Shares has officially entered the spot Dogecoin ETF race, announcing its product with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. As it follows an automatic approval to list on the Nasdaq stock market under the ticker TDOG. As per the 21Shares filing to the U.S. SEC, it has submitted its final
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that its Crypto task force will visit Miami on January 27 to meet directly with the early-stage Crypto builders and Startups. The main goal is to listen to the Crypto community and gather feedback before finalizing new Crypto regulations. Hester Peirce
RAKBank is all set to enter the rising stablecoin market in the UAE. The Central Bank of the UAE has given it an in-principle approval to issue the stablecoin, which will be pegged to the Dirham. This marks the alignment of the Central Bank of the UAE with the model
Ethereum has achieved another milestone this week as it has activated its second Blob Parameter-Only (BPO) hard fork, an aimed upgrade made to widen data capacity and back rollup-based scaling before a broader set of changes planned for this year. The upgrade went live today and surged the blob limit
Bitcoin is mostly known for its high degree of security, primarily because of its underlying blockchain technology. Although, experts warn that a new threat backed by quantum computing could lead to potential risks to cryptography via cryptographically relevant quantum computers (CRQCs). The head of global investment research at Coinbase, David
